Observation on therapeutic effect of activating brain function to cause resuscitation needling method on deglutition disorders after stroke / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe clinical therapeutic effect of acupuncture on poststroke deglutition disorders.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Sixty-eight inpatients of moderate and severe deglutition disorders were treated by the activating brain function to cause resuscitation needling method.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Twenty-six cases were cured, 24 were remarkedly effective, 16 were effective, with a total effective rate of 97.06%.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>This needling method has a markedly therapeutic effect on poststroke moderate and severe deglutition disorders.</p>